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My Sister, the Serial Killer

by Oyinkan Braithwaite

3,412 members

250 reviews

3.8

14 Members: bookwoman84, jseeley, FAMeulstee, mary.mchale, blackdove07, peterveen, Perky09, lkemeny1, kelsvera, BrookeLouk, jennyfromthelibrary, britchesh, Tosta, kathrynsmall

2

by Jeanine Cummins

3,621 members

182 reviews

4.1

11 Members: booksinbed, alphaorder, lbern444, peterveen, ahef1963, Mis1, suebee520, kelsvera, magentanya, dwaagon, mazzzie

3

The Underground Railroad

by Colson Whitehead

8,972 members

454 reviews

4

10 Members: mahsdad, AnotherAge, LaneZajac, acousticmoose, SamsonPeace, lkemeny1, kelsvera, RODNEYP, britchesh, Courtneyreads21

4

Where the Crawdads Sing

14,306 members

620 reviews

4.1

9 Members: rmckeown, lavergne_rsl, lbern444, FAMeulstee, MissYvonnee, peterveen, pleckey, bck0825, CrostonA

5

Nine Perfect Strangers

by Liane Moriarty

3,543 members

177 reviews

½ 3.5

9 Members: MissYvonnee, ahef1963, Mis1, lkemeny1, kelsvera, magentanya, dwaagon, hamrc, AmbientSpiritLamb

6

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

by Stuart Turton

5,540 members

305 reviews

3.8

8 Members: bookwoman84, Porua, MissYvonnee, jmiserak, hamrc, britchesh, Courtneyreads21, AmbientSpiritLamb

7

The Memory Police

2,168 members

94 reviews

½ 3.7

9 Members: claytonhowl, Parker51, anju04, peterveen, jmiserak, kelsvera, dwaagon, jennyfromthelibrary, hamrc

8

Girl, Woman, Other

by Bernardine Evaristo

3,208 members

134 reviews

4.2

8 Members: booksinbed, elkiedee, anju04, Peace2, Rchlwtsn, kelsvera, magentanya, belljalysa

9

by Madeline Miller

12,407 members

480 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: rmckeown, sturlington, MissYvonnee, Peace2, Laura1124, hamrc, britchesh, AmbientSpiritLamb

10

by Susanna Clarke

5,737 members

281 reviews

4.2

9 Members: claytonhowl, trantor, jsburbidge, peterveen, Michael.Rimmer, mazzzie, britchesh, Courtneyreads21, AmbientSpiritLamb

11

Fantastic Mr Fox

9,539 members

141 reviews

3.9

7 Members: Only2rs, briarhills, MissYvonnee, Peace2, BrookeLouk, Sakunade, AmbientSpiritLamb

12

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

14,680 members

741 reviews

4.2

6 Members: Only2rs, lbern444, AnotherAge, davidized, mazzzie, emontanaro

13

3,220 members

175 reviews

3.8

7 Members: aprille, claytonhowl, librookian, booksinbed, alphaorder, anju04, Courtneyreads21

14

by Terry Pratchett

11,296 members

166 reviews

½ 4.4

7 Members: Only2rs, amberwitch, merrystar, briarhills, jmiserak, kelsvera, dwaagon

15

by Jenny Offill

1,192 members

69 reviews

½ 3.6

6 Members: Parker51, revbean, alphaorder, anju04, acousticmoose, dwaagon

16

The Nickel Boys

by Colson Whitehead

4,057 members

217 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: rmckeown, aprille, booksinbed, FAMeulstee, anju04, RODNEYP, Courtneyreads21

17

by Margaret Atwood

6,182 members

225 reviews

4.1

7 Members: Edward, bookwoman84, jseeley, sturlington, elkiedee, peterveen, ahef1963

18

The Time Machine

17,727 members

339 reviews

½ 3.7

8 Members: Only2rs, aprille, DeboraNunes, m_k_m, Peace2, shemthepenman, Sakunade, Onj

19

by Leigh Bardugo

5,622 members

182 reviews

4.1

6 Members: peterveen, jmiserak, chwiggy, hamrc, Courtneyreads21, AmbientSpiritLamb

20

The Mirror & the Light

by Hilary Mantel

2,789 members

105 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: aprille, librookian, dhm, anju04, peterveen, m_k_m, VW_Williams

21

David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

20,726 members

276 reviews

4.1

5 Members: Only2rs, Peace2, Rchlwtsn, dkarenart, Sakunade

22

by Harlan Coben

1,365 members

43 reviews

3.9

5 Members: peterveen, OphelieDepoortere, kelsvera, BrookeLouk, RODNEYP

23

Nothing to See Here

by Kevin Wilson

2,162 members

134 reviews

4

6 Members: aprille, librookian, dhm, edparks, mazzzie, britchesh

24

Gideon the Ninth

4,497 members

183 reviews

4.1

6 Members: bookwoman84, Rtrace, trantor, m_island, souloftherose, Yeti21

25

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

4,773 members

236 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: librookian, jseeley, Yeti21, Courtneyreads21, Tosta, AmbientSpiritLamb

26

Howl's Moving Castle

by Diana Wynne Jones

12,247 members

439 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: souloftherose, briarhills, aspirit, davidized, Courtneyreads21, AmbientSpiritLamb

27

Guards! Guards!

by Terry Pratchett

14,139 members

242 reviews

4.2

6 Members: Only2rs, amberwitch, souloftherose, ahef1963, jmiserak, dwaagon

28

by George Orwell

82,161 members

1,274 reviews

4.2

6 Members: Only2rs, Rtrace, MelanieTid, zottel, Sakunade, cmccollam

29

The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame

23,813 members

330 reviews

4.1

7 Members: Only2rs, Rtrace, trantor, FAMeulstee, briarhills, Peace2, BrookeLouk

30

Daisy Jones and The Six

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

6,091 members

335 reviews

4

6 Members: librookian, AnotherAge, anju04, ahef1963, Courtneyreads21, Tosta

31

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

6,152 members

312 reviews

4.1

6 Members: booksinbed, AnotherAge, ahef1963, VW_Williams, RODNEYP, britchesh

32

A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America

by Philip Rucker

611 members

25 reviews

4

5 Members: Parker51, greeneyed_ives, peterveen, kelsvera, dwaagon

33

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

42,432 members

1,144 reviews

4.1

6 Members: jseeley, aethercowboy, souloftherose, ahef1963, LiteraryReadaholic, AmbientSpiritLamb

34

by Jenny Erpenbeck

695 members

47 reviews

3.9

6 Members: FAMeulstee, SirThomas, Dilara86, zottel, lkemeny1, BrookeLouk

35

Diplomat of Uram

by Richard R. Matthews

12 members

2 reviews

4.9

3 Members: Diana-Book-Fan, Readatron, AlejandroSalas

36

The Starless Sea

by Erin Morgenstern

5,052 members

203 reviews

3.9

5 Members: revbean, sturlington, Courtneyreads21, hollythepenguin, AmbientSpiritLamb

37

To Kill a Mockingbird

78,655 members

1,433 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: Only2rs, FAMeulstee, Peace2, Rchlwtsn, Sakunade

38

1,782 members

118 reviews

4.1

4 Members: DeboraNunes, peterveen, BrookeLouk, mazzzie

39

by Seanan McGuire

1,484 members

70 reviews

4

6 Members: Rtrace, trantor, m_island, peterveen, kelsvera, Courtneyreads21

40

by George Eliot

17,753 members

331 reviews

4.2

5 Members: Only2rs, booksinbed, VW_Williams, Rchlwtsn, RODNEYP

41

Gods of Jade and Shadow

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

2,190 members

77 reviews

3.8

5 Members: Only2rs, revbean, souloftherose, JqnOC, britchesh

42

by Terry Pratchett

11,309 members

157 reviews

4.1

5 Members: Only2rs, Rtrace, merrystar, davidized, AmbientSpiritLamb

43

2,972 members

130 reviews

4.2

5 Members: Edward, Rtrace, trantor, acousticmoose, mazzzie

44

Little Fires Everywhere

8,912 members

375 reviews

4

5 Members: FAMeulstee, Dilara86, anju04, Tosta, AmbientSpiritLamb

45

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

by Olga Tokarczuk

2,770 members

141 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Parker51, FAMeulstee, peterveen, acousticmoose, hamrc

46

by Maggie O'Farrell

4,413 members

233 reviews

4.2

5 Members: booksinbed, elkiedee, anju04, ahef1963, britchesh

47

Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

by Peter Godfrey-Smith

1,833 members

64 reviews

3.8

5 Members: anxovert, pitjrw, briarhills, peterveen, BrookeLouk

48

Pride and Prejudice

80,849 members

1,371 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: Only2rs, merrystar, rretzler, Rchlwtsn, Sakunade

49

Lovecraft Country

1,978 members

83 reviews

4

5 Members: Rtrace, trantor, DeboraNunes, acousticmoose, emontanaro

50

The City of Brass

by S. A. Chakraborty

3,807 members

133 reviews

4

5 Members: Only2rs, souloftherose, peterveen, Peace2, Courtneyreads21

51

by Stephen King

4,698 members

151 reviews

4.1

4 Members: anju04, peterveen, jmiserak, hamrc

52

Parable of the Sower

by Octavia E. Butler

8,147 members

239 reviews

4.1

5 Members: mahsdad, ManWithAnAgenda, Courtneyreads21, AmbientSpiritLamb, BarnesBookshelf

53

14,997 members

198 reviews

4.1

4 Members: briarhills, SirThomas, AlejandroSalas, Sakunade

54

by Sally Rooney

6,923 members

274 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: bookwoman84, aprille, MissYvonnee, anju04

55

All Systems Red

by Martha Wells

5,548 members

348 reviews

4.1

5 Members: m_island, sturlington, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda, Courtneyreads21

56

The Thirteen Problems

by Agatha Christie

3,356 members

68 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: m_k_m, kelsvera, magentanya

57

The City We Became

by N. K. Jemisin

3,183 members

105 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Rtrace, m_island, acousticmoose, Yeti21, Courtneyreads21

58

by Emily St. John Mandel

11,760 members

780 reviews

4.1

4 Members: dhm, FAMeulstee, zottel, magentanya

59

by Louisa May Alcott

26,532 members

401 reviews

4

5 Members: Only2rs, FAMeulstee, ahef1963, BrookeLouk, Sakunade

60

Don't Breathe a Word

by Jennifer McMahon

734 members

75 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: Bookmarque, kelsvera, BrookeLouk

61

The Raven Tower

1,502 members

85 reviews

4

3 Members: jsburbidge, chwiggy, SamsonPeace

62

by Terry Pratchett

10,455 members

121 reviews

4.2

4 Members: Only2rs, amberwitch, souloftherose, jmiserak

63

Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel

by George Saunders

5,808 members

337 reviews

3.9

3 Members: claytonhowl, mahsdad, VW_Williams

64

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

by Mackenzi Lee

2,760 members

160 reviews

4

4 Members: souloftherose, aspirit, Courtneyreads21, BarnesBookshelf

65

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

by Ronan Farrow

1,471 members

64 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: aprille, dhm, ahef1963, Courtneyreads21
Explanations: dhm: "Score" is displaying as 6.29: something amiss here...

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by J. R. R. Tolkien

94,635 members

1,190 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: Edward, DeboraNunes, Sakunade, AmbientSpiritLamb

67

by Octavia E. Butler

8,426 members

354 reviews

4.2

4 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Courtneyreads21, AmbientSpiritLamb

68

by Terry Pratchett

10,060 members

120 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Only2rs, amberwitch, Rtrace, souloftherose

69

by Dorothy L. Sayers

5,467 members

150 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: Only2rs, merrystar, blackdove07

70

24,968 members

580 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Only2rs, anju04, Sakunade, AmbientSpiritLamb

71

Rivers of London

by Ben Aaronovitch

6,052 members

373 reviews

3.9

3 Members: bookwoman84, ahef1963, Onj

72

A Rare Book of Cunning Device

by Ben Aaronovitch

191 members

12 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: m_island, souloftherose, rretzler

73

The City Born Great {short story}

by N. K. Jemisin

147 members

19 reviews

4

4 Members: DeusXMachina, m_island, briarhills, BrookeLouk

74

Catherine House

by Elisabeth Thomas

863 members

61 reviews

3.2

4 Members: bookwoman84, librookian, ManWithAnAgenda, Courtneyreads21

75

Five Red Herrings

by Dorothy L. Sayers

2,851 members

72 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: Only2rs, DisassemblyOfReason, aethercowboy, Porua

76

Fleishman Is in Trouble

by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

1,285 members

75 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: AnotherAge, edparks, Courtneyreads21

77

A Man Called Ove

by Fredrik Backman

11,240 members

687 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: dara85, elkiedee, SirThomas, pleckey

78

The Three Musketeers

by Alexandre Dumas

21,374 members

251 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Only2rs, m_k_m, Peace2, Sakunade

79

A Deadly Education

3,935 members

151 reviews

4.2

5 Members: librookian, trantor, souloftherose, Courtneyreads21, AmbientSpiritLamb

80

19,174 members

494 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: dhm, greeneyed_ives, AmbientSpiritLamb

81

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

54,017 members

773 reviews

3.9

4 Members: Only2rs, Peace2, Rchlwtsn, AmbientSpiritLamb

82

This Is How You Lose the Time War

by Amal El-Mohtar

4,143 members

212 reviews

3.9

4 Members: Rtrace, trantor, revbean, acousticmoose

83

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou

14,850 members

224 reviews

4

4 Members: Only2rs, aprille, jseeley, Peace2

84

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

by Ottessa Moshfegh

3,080 members

135 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: aprille, blackdove07, peterveen, AmbientSpiritLamb

85

by Daphne Du Maurier

20,800 members

613 reviews

4.2

4 Members: Only2rs, rretzler, MelanieTid, Peace2

86

by Nella Larsen

2,718 members

103 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aprille, jseeley, pitjrw

87

by Frank Herbert

42,710 members

693 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: Only2rs, Michael.Rimmer, Yeti21, Courtneyreads21

88

For He Can Creep

by Siobhan Carroll

97 members

13 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Rtrace, souloftherose, briarhills, AmbientSpiritLamb

89

by Charles Dickens

24,323 members

240 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Only2rs, Peace2, Rchlwtsn, Sakunade

90

22,145 members

479 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: briarhills, SirThomas, Rchlwtsn, AmbientSpiritLamb

91

by Ben Aaronovitch

1,078 members

40 reviews

3.9

4 Members: jsburbidge, m_island, souloftherose, m_k_m

92

The Vanishing Half

by Brit Bennett

5,652 members

240 reviews

4.1

4 Members: librookian, booksinbed, anju04, Courtneyreads21

93

At the Mountains of Madness [novella]

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,222 members

49 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: Edward, Only2rs, AlejandroSalas

94

by Joe Abercrombie

1,995 members

54 reviews

4.1

2 Members: trantor, jmiserak

95

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

by Alix E. Harrow

3,385 members

172 reviews

4

4 Members: Rtrace, trantor, jsburbidge, Courtneyreads21

96

The Lost Future of Pepperharrow

by Natasha Pulley

364 members

15 reviews

4

3 Members: souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda, hollythepenguin

97

by Rivers Solomon

1,143 members

82 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Rtrace, trantor, revbean, souloftherose

98

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

by Deepa Anappara

614 members

33 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Parker51, FAMeulstee, peterveen, Courtneyreads21

99

The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop

by Fannie Flagg

485 members

38 reviews

4

3 Members: claytonhowl, librookian, Courtneyreads21

100

2,476 members

23 reviews

4.2

2 Members: aethercowboy, magentanya

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